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Cervantes Week. Alcalá de Henares. (Madrid). Literatura.

… The World Heritage City Alcalá de Henares , in Madrid , pays tribute over the course of a whole week to its most illustrious figure: Miguel de Cervantes, the author of “The ingenious knight Don Quixote of La Mancha”. Cervantes Week takes place around the writer’s date of birth (9 October 1547) and i…

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Virgen de Gracia Pilgrimage. San Lorenzo de El Escorial. (Madrid). Sep 13,2015.

… Procession of the Virgin of Gracia of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Procession around the image of the Virgin of Gracia with traditional dances, carts, religious events, etc. The processional events begin in the morning of the second Sunday of September with the image of the Virgen leaving for the her…

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New Year’s Eve. Madrid. Dec 31,2015.

… One of the most important celebrations of the Christmas period is New Year’s Eve – a special dinner where the last night of the year usually becomes one big party. As the clock strikes twelve, signalling the arrival of the New Year, families in Spain come together to eat 12 lucky grapes. Tradition h…

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Easter week in Alcalá de Henares. Alcalá de Henares. (Madrid). Mar 29,2015. Religión.

… The World Heritage city of Alcalá de Henares in the region of Madrid celebrates this religious festival with as many as eight processions by associations of penitents throughout its historic quarter. This is one of the city's most traditional festivities and its origins date back to the 16th century…

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The Passion in Chinchón. Chinchón. (Madrid). Mar 26,2016.

… This living representation is held in the historic centre of the town on the night of Easter Saturday. During Easter Week Chinchón, in the Region of Madrid, commemorates the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ with a theatrical representation of the Passion. Some 250 actors take part in …

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San Isidro Fair. Madrid. May 14,2015. Tauromaquia.

… In the month of May Madrid celebrates the fiestas in honour of San Isidro, the city’s patron saint. Bullfights play an important role in these celebrations, with a top-level line-up and a fair that lasts some two weeks, with normal bullfights and “rejoneo” (horseback bullfights). Furthermore, the Sp…

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Festival of the Vaquilla. Colmenar Viejo. (Madrid). Feb 02,2016. Popular.

… Every year, Colmenar Viejo, in the Madrid region, celebrates this colourful festival which commemorates the cattle migration tradition of old. The event recreates the driving of the cattle (“vaquillas”) through the streets of the town, but in a uniquely distinctive way. The animals are not real, but…

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Aranjuez Mutiny Fiestas. Aranjuez. (Madrid). Sep 04,2015.

… Performance of the mutiny against Godoy. In each district in Aranjuez scenes of the mutiny are depicted, by about a hundred residents in the town, with texts based on 'Episodios Nacionales' by Pérez Galdos; attack and burning of Godoy's House; staging in the street of Goya's paintings concerning wit…

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Autumn Fair. Madrid. Tauromaquia.

… The Autumn Fair, at Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, takes place at the beginning of October and heralds the end of the national bullfighting season. Madrid has a great bullfighting tradition that has made its season into one of the most important in the world. The Autumn Fair, with a programme of six…

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Buitrago del Lozoya's Medieval Fair. Buitrago del Lozoya. (Madrid).

… A different idea which will transport you back to a time of kings, knights and princesses. For three days at the start of September, the town of Buitrago del Lozoya travels back to the Middle Ages when it organises a mediaeval fair inside its walled enclosure, and recreates the customs and tradition…

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